CHICAGO MARATHON - It's GO time! - Official Live Discussion Thread

We've got at least 4 different streams going here. It's a mess. Yes, ROJO, lobby to do race next year. The stream I've settled on is one guy alone commentating (from his living room?) with LOTS of deadspace. He's mangling Luke's last name.

Lol the commentator on the Universal feed was just talking about Wesley Korir and said he ran Boston this year in a "very okay" time of 2:10:49

20k splits

15:44 last 5k

1 Kiprotich, Filex (KEN) 9 25-29 04:58 02:10:13 09:40:16 +00:00 01:01:44

2 Rotich, Lucas (KEN) 11 25-29 04:59 02:10:16 09:40:17 +00:01 01:01:45

3 Kitwara, Sammy (KEN) 2 25-29 04:59 02:10:17 09:40:18 +00:01 01:01:45

4 Kuma, Abera (ETH) 7 25-29 04:59 02:10:17 09:40:19 +00:01 01:01:45

5 Ndungu, Sammy (KEN) 10 25-29 04:59 02:10:17 09:40:20 +00:02 01:01:46

6 Gebru, Girmay Birhanu (ETH) 6 25-29 04:59 02:10:17 09:40:19 +00:02 01:01:46

7 Chumba, Dickson (KEN) 3 25-29 04:59 02:10:18 09:40:19 +00:02 01:01:46

8 Puskedra, Luke (USA) 18 25-29 04:59 02:10:19 09:40:22 +00:02 01:01:46

9 Kibet, Elkanah (USA) 36 25-29 04:59 02:10:20 09:40:22 +00:03 01:01:47

10 Korir, Wesley (KEN) 8 30-34 04:59 02:10:20 09:40:21 +00:03 01:01:47

11 Adams, Liam (AUS) 16 25-29 05:01 02:11:21 09:41:24 +00:32 01:02:16

12 Cabada, Fernando (USA) 13 30-34 05:01 02:11:22 09:41:24 +00:32 01:02:16

13 Yoshii, Satoshi (JPN) 12 30-34 05:01 02:11:26 09:41:30 +00:34 01:02:18

14 Watson, Rob (CAN) 15 30-34 05:02 02:11:40 09:41:42 +00:41 01:02:25

15 Kanezane, Shogo (JPN) 17 25-29 05:06 02:13:27 09:43:30 +01:31 01:03:15

16 Hilton, Nicholas (USA) 21 25-29 05:06 02:13:32 09:43:36 +01:34 01:03:18

17 Macpherson, Scott (USA) 20 25-29 05:06 02:13:33 09:43:36 +01:34 01:03:18

road rashed wrote:

Puskedra picking a good time to have a good day. A solid performance her almost guarantees a decent shoe deal leading up to marathon trials. Nike will step back in if they haven't already. Looks great.

Puskedar is not under contrac twith Nike. He was wearing Nike gear at the press conferencer and I asked him about that and he said it was gear left over from his contract.

Andy powell who helpd Puskedra not quit the sport earlier this year didn't write his workouts for this year. He just advised Luke. Luke said he didn't want to take too much of powell's time since he's got a lot going on at Oregon.

SwissFamilyKnobinson wrote:

[quote]Whiny Guy wrote:

[quote]monkey in the middle wrote:

The coverage is truly terrible - after watching for ten minutes there was about 15 seconds coverage of the elite race, and that was only by chance in the background as some clueless reporter was "interviewing" a woman seemingly on the basis of her standing near the road the race was going past.

Although my favorite bit so far has been the footage of the wheelchair race seemingly shot on a ten-year-old mobile phone by a drunk cameraman.

It will never get better in fact the crap coverage will get even worse because one of those reporters did a 5 hour marathon a couple years ago and is now considered an "expert".

This is the only place to hear decent commentary.

The lead group is 10 for the men at halfway (1:05:11). It's supposed to be a bit windy out there so it may take a while for anyone to make a move.

NBC stream just crapped out on me. Anyone else having issues?

Jonathan Gault wrote:

NBC stream just crapped out on me. Anyone else having issues?

Same

NBC feed is down.

Lead women at 20k

They've slowed and are behind 2:20 pace now. 16:58 for the last 5k.

1 Fukushi, Kayoko (JPN) 108 30-34 05:22 02:20:33 09:50:36 +00:00 01:06:37

2 Assefa, Meskerem (ETH) 109 30-34 05:22 02:20:36 09:50:39 +00:02 01:06:39

3 Melese, Yebrgual (ETH) 106 25-29 05:22 02:20:37 09:50:40 +00:02 01:06:39

4 Gobena, Amane (ETH) 107 25-29 05:22 02:20:38 09:50:39 +00:03 01:06:40

5 Dibaba, Birhane (ETH) 102 20-24 05:22 02:20:38 09:50:40 +00:03 01:06:40

6 Kiplagat, Florence (KEN) 101 25-29 05:22 02:20:38 09:50:40 +00:03 01:06:40

7 Seboka, Mulu (ETH) 105 30-34 05:22 02:20:39 09:50:41 +00:03 01:06:40

yup, not working

Jonathan Gault wrote:

NBC stream just crapped out on me. Anyone else having issues?

Jonathan Gault wrote:

NBC stream just crapped out on me. Anyone else having issues?

Mine too. How do we get it back??!!

gone gone gone.

same

So here is an interesting story. You see Felix Kiprotich up there. HE's a 2:06:59 guy who was 2nd at Seoul earlier this year (ran his pb). I saw him at the press conference and looked and his name tag and then looked at the elite list of runners and was like "Are you running? You're not on the list." He seemed surprised.

I showed him the list. And he told he was running and had been added to the field 2 weeks ago.

I asked if he was in shape and he said yes. He was one of six men that had been selected for the training camp for World Champs - Wilson Kipsang, Dennis Kimetto, and Mark Korir, Felix Kiprotich, Lucas Rotich and Luka Kanda.

Kenya selected Kipsang, Kimetto and korir.

I think it was Rotich's agent (Rotich was at the same table so the three of us were talking) who said, "They picked the wrong 3." He sort of implied that the other three had been doing better in training.

I guess we'll find out over the next 12 miles.

Rotich seemed very confident.

Steam just went down for me too. Great coverage NBC.

Halfway splits for the top 30 men. They are on 2:10 pace. Lead pack of 10.

There is a 2nd pack on just under 2:12 pace.

Yoshii, Satoshi (JPN), Adams, Liam (AUS) , Cabada, Fernando (USA), Watson, Rob (CAN) 15 30-34 05:02

Pos. Name (CTZ) City, State BIB Division Overall Pace Est.Finish Est.Finish Daytime Diff Time

1 Kiprotich, Filex (KEN) 9 25-29 04:59 02:10:22 09:40:26 +00:00 01:05:11

2 Ndungu, Sammy (KEN) 10 25-29 04:59 02:10:23 09:40:26 +00:01 01:05:12

3 Kibet, Elkanah (USA) 36 25-29 04:59 02:10:24 09:40:26 +00:01 01:05:12

4 Puskedra, Luke (USA) 18 25-29 04:59 02:10:24 09:40:27 +00:01 01:05:12

5 Gebru, Girmay Birhanu (ETH) 6 25-29 04:59 02:10:26 09:40:27 +00:02 01:05:13

6 Rotich, Lucas (KEN) 11 25-29 04:59 02:10:26 09:40:27 +00:02 01:05:13

7 Kitwara, Sammy (KEN) 2 25-29 04:59 02:10:26 09:40:28 +00:02 01:05:13

8 Korir, Wesley (KEN) 8 30-34 04:59 02:10:26 09:40:28 +00:02 01:05:13

9 Chumba, Dickson (KEN) 3 25-29 04:59 02:10:26 09:40:28 +00:02 01:05:13

10 Kuma, Abera (ETH) 7 25-29 04:59 02:10:27 09:40:28 +00:02 01:05:13

11 Yoshii, Satoshi (JPN) 12 30-34 05:02 02:11:42 09:41:46 +00:40 01:05:51

12 Adams, Liam (AUS) 16 25-29 05:02 02:11:43 09:41:46 +00:41 01:05:52

13 Cabada, Fernando (USA) 13 30-34 05:02 02:11:44 09:41:46 +00:41 01:05:52

14 Watson, Rob (CAN) 15 30-34 05:02 02:11:47 09:41:50 +00:43 01:05:54

15 Hilton, Nicholas (USA) 21 25-29 05:07 02:13:46 09:43:50 +01:42 01:06:53

16 Macpherson, Scott (USA) 20 25-29 05:07 02:13:47 09:43:51 +01:43 01:06:54

17 Kanezane, Shogo (JPN) 17 25-29 05:07 02:13:51 09:43:54 +01:44 01:06:55

18 Keveren, Sean (USA) 33 25-29 05:09 02:14:58 09:45:01 +02:18 01:07:29

19 Richards, Malcolm (USA) 19 30-34 05:10 02:15:20 09:45:23 +02:29 01:07:40

20 Lord, Brandon (CAN) 37 20-24 05:10 02:15:21 09:45:24 +02:30 01:07:41

21 Lemon, Chris (USA) Springfield, OH 86 25-29 05:11 02:15:35 09:45:41 +02:37 01:07:48

22 Shaw, Ethan (USA) 24 25-29 05:11 02:15:38 09:45:42 +02:38 01:07:49

23 Migliozzi, Tony (USA) 25 25-29 05:11 02:15:40 09:45:44 +02:39 01:07:50

24 Geoghegan, Patrick (USA) Portland, OR 96 25-29 05:11 02:15:42 09:45:44 +02:40 01:07:51

25 Wietecha, Scott (USA) 23 30-34 05:11 02:15:42 09:45:44 +02:40 01:07:51

26 Goose, Mitch (USA) 34 25-29 05:12 02:15:57 09:46:00 +02:48 01:07:59

27 Bohach, Adam (USA) Decorah, IA 76 30-34 05:15 02:17:29 09:47:35 +03:34 01:08:45

28 Thompson, Christian (USA) 31 25-29 05:15 02:17:33 09:47:37 +03:36 01:08:47

29 McGuire, Ryan (USA) Middleburg, PA 476 30-34 05:15 02:17:34 09:47:37 +03:36 01:08:47

30 Davis, Jesse (USA) 28 30-34 05:15 02:17:35 09:47:38 +03:37 01:08:48

The Big 3 (Hall, Ritz and Meb) have been on the marathon scene for 10-plus years. Has the US had any new guy within last 10 years break 2:10? Kinda bleak for the future.

The_Manager wrote:

Steam just went down for me too. Great coverage NBC.

Yes, it's also not working on the NBC5 coverarge page.